Archaeologists often break up this lengthy time span into three periods — the Paleolithic (3.3 million to 12,000 years ago), ...

To simplify things, we break the Stone Age into three distinct periods: the Paleolithic Period, or the Old Stone Age; Mesolithic Period, or Mid Stone Age; and Neolithic Period, or New Stone Age.

Why study Paleolithic technology ... practices, etc. Earlier Stone Age (ESA): A prehistoric Period. An assortment of prehistoric technologies common to some areas of Africa ~2.6 million years ...

Blade cores provided a portable source of stone or obsidian for manufacturing different kinds of tools by flaking off pieces from the core. The basis of many Upper Paleolithic tool forms from both ...

University of Wollongong researchers have experimentally confirmed that changes in hammer strike angle significantly affect ...

Thousands of stone tools ... reveal that Ice Age humans had developed sophisticated fabrication techniques about 20,000 years ago, according to a report in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology.

With an orbital period that large ... through the inner solar system was reported during the Upper Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. Therefore, if you'd like something in common with Homo sapiens ...

An ancient hunter likely wore it as a protective charm, since the bear was the most powerful and dangerous animal that lived in the area during the Stone Age ... Paleolithic in date, a period ...

During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans’ neighbors, new technologies meant something quite different: new kinds of stone tools that were smaller but could be used for ...

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted ... although there is regional variation in dates. While the Paleolithic period involved a nomadic lifestyle and the invention of stone tools ...

new kinds of stone tools that were smaller but could be used for many tasks and lasted for a long time. Archaeologists like me are interested in the Middle Paleolithic – a period spanning ...